Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Grayson Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 234	‐
VBR	# 382	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	25	‐
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	4.30	‐
WHIP	1.37	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 145	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 254	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 55

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	2

Games Started	14	2

Innings Pitched	66.0	7.1

Wins	4	1

Losses	5	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	72	4

Earned Runs	48	2

Home Runs Allowed	11	1

Strikeouts	61	4

Walks	30	2

ERA	6.55	2.45

WHIP	1.55	0.82

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	5	‐

Games Started	5	‐

Innings Pitched	26.2	‐

Wins	1	‐

Losses	2	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	25	‐

Earned Runs	13	‐

Home Runs Allowed	4	‐

Strikeouts	25	‐

Walks	10	‐

ERA	4.30	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA	Cade Horton SP - CHC
News
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out six over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 21st	Cade Horton is continuing his rehab in Arizona. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed three earned runs on three hits and two walks while striking out five over four innings in Friday’s loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 15th	The Cubs transferred RHP Cade Horton to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits and four walks while striking out eight over four innings in Sunday's 12-3 loss to the Marlins. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 9th	Cubs manager Craig Counsell said Cade Horton is looking at a “15-16 month recovery.” Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings in Tuesday's loss to the Orioles. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Cubs right-hander Cade Horton will undergo season-ending UCL surgery. Brenton Kemp Tue, Apr 7th
	Grayson Rodriguez allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out six over five innings in Wednesday’s loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Cade Horton (forearm) is scheduled to visit specialist Dr. Keith Meister in Texas on Tuesday after his MRI results came back "not clean" and "not good." David Leisering Tue, Apr 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Grayson Rodriguez SP - LAA			Cade Horton SP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#269
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#233
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#177
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Wed, Jul 1st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Cade Horton for Grayson Rodriguez (2026)

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